in the purge of those responsible for the arrest, whoever they may be. At the same time, request the Irkutsk administrative department to explain why Kotov has not been sent to his homeland in Voskresensk, in accordance with the directive from the Council of People's Commissars reception office dated September 20. Telegraph the answer urgently.

Moscow - Kremlin.

5/12-21

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars Lenin

First published in 1945

in Leninskii sbornik XXXV

Printed from the typewritten text

signed by V. I. Lenin